Nikela Blog Archives - Nikela: Helping People Saving Wildlife

VIDEO Latest Victim of the Exotic Pet Trade: The Playful Otter

Jun 18, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: animal interaction, Nikela Blog Tagged: animal interaction, Asia, exotic pet trade, otters

Don’t get involved in the exotic pet trade! You may inadvertently be promoting the illegal capture and breeding of wild animals. Did you know that wild animals and birds are stolen from the forests and grasslands of Africa? Some are sold in pet stores and others bred then sold to unsuspecting buyers. This sinister activity decimates wild populations and continues because gullible people continue to buy. The most recent sad story involves the playful otter. Watch the report from World Animal Protection below. Then please share this post to make others aware too. Please don’t buy wild animals from exotic…

Installing a Beehive Fence to Save Elephants and Village Crops

Jun 13, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: conservation, Ecosystem, elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, Sustainability, wildlife conservation Tagged: AFeWiS, beehives, human wildlife conflicts, Moses Ryakitimbo, save elephants, Tanzania

Recently Moses and his team at AFeWiS (Alert for endangered wildlife species) began installing a beehive fence to save elephants outside Lendoiya village by Arusha National Park in Tanzania. During dry seasons elephants and other wildlife find village crops most inviting. This of course creates problems for the villagers. Not only are their crops destroyed at times human lives are lost. As you can imagine this provokes an angry response where elephants are killed with spears and guns. Moses Ryakitimbo takes these human wildlife conflict situations very seriously. So much so that he started his own NGO, Alert for Endangered…

Drought conditions and what it means for wildlife in 2019

Jun 11, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Human Wildlife Conflict, lion, Marnus, Nikela Blog Tagged: Botswana, human wildlife conflicts, Marnus Roodbol, Namibia, wildlife conservation

The rains that never came leave much of Namibia and Botswana in drought conditions. This could lead to a serious increase in human wildlife conflicts. Marnus spends much of his time in the bush. He works with the local people, with researchers and government officials. All this in his never ending challenge to protect lions and their home. Most recently his concern has included the weather, the rains that never came and what it means for wildlife. Marnus reports from the field Throughout most of Namibia and Botswana, the rain that was supposed to fall during 2019 never truly arrived….

DOCUMENTARY in Search of the Planet’s Most Endangered Species Pangolin

Jun 5, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Illegal trade, Nikela Blog, Pangolin, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: Film documentary, pangolin, Wildlife trafficking trade

How can this harmless little critter be the world’s most endangered species Pangolin. “As of last week, 38.2 tons of pangolin scales have left Africa this year. One pangolin is poached from the wild every five minutes, and it’s likely that the African pangolin will be extinct in two decades.” According to an article in News24 The article goes on to say… “The pangolin’s decimation is caused by a loss of habitat, the bush meat trade in central and West Africa and, most pressingly, a demand from Vietnam and China for pangolin meat and scales. The meat is considered a…

Why Trophy Hunting isn’t Wildlife Conservation: The most convincing argument yet?

May 29, 2019 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Welfare, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: Beverly Joubert, Botswana, trophy hunting, wildlife conservation

Beverly Joubert one of wildlife’s longstanding champions recently shared on Instagram, a most personal reason, why trophy hunting isn’t wildlife conservation. And, it may be the most convincing argument yet! During our travels with our Land Rover we’ve made some interesting discoveries. While in the Namibian desert east of Wallis Bay we found the wildlife extremely skittish. Zebra herds would start running as soon as they herd the growl of the Landy. Rarely did they stop to look when we did. Contrast to this to Chobe in Botswana, where elephant mothers, even with small calves, barely noticed us as we…